diff --git a/hosts/hetzner-arm/profiles/gotosocial.nix b/hosts/hetzner-arm/profiles/gotosocial.nix
index 910e723..849255a 100644
--- a/hosts/hetzner-arm/profiles/gotosocial.nix
+++ b/hosts/hetzner-arm/profiles/gotosocial.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
-{config, ...}: let
-  inherit (config.services.secrets) secrets;
-in {
+{...}: {
   services.gotosocial = {
     enable = true;
     setupPostgresqlDB = false;
-    environmentFile = secrets.gotosocial_env.path;
 
     settings = {
       application-name = "chaos-gts";
@@ -27,12 +24,6 @@ in {
 
       accounts-registration-open = false;
 
-      smtp-host = "mail.owo.monster";
-      smtp-port = 587;
-      smtp-from = "gotosocial@owo.monster";
-      smtp-username = "gotosocial@owo.monster";
-      smtp-password = ""; # set via env variables
-
       instance-languages = ["en" "de"];
 
       media-image-max-size = "64MB";
diff --git a/hosts/hetzner-arm/secrets.nix b/hosts/hetzner-arm/secrets.nix
index b3f3f55..3b115ee 100644
--- a/hosts/hetzner-arm/secrets.nix
+++ b/hosts/hetzner-arm/secrets.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
       "api-keys/data/backblaze/Backblaze"
 
       "private-public-keys/data/restic/Social-02"
-      "api-keys/data/chaos_mail/gotosocial"
 
       "private-public-keys/data/restic/Forgejo"
 
@@ -115,13 +114,6 @@
         '';
       };
 
-      gotosocial_env = {
-        fetchScript = ''
-          smtp_password=$(simple_get "/api-keys/chaos_mail/gotosocial" .password)
-          echo "GTS_SMTP_PASSWORD=$smtp_password" > "$secretFile"
-        '';
-      };
-
       restic_password_forgejo = {
         fetchScript = ''
           simple_get "/private-public-keys/restic/Forgejo" .password > "$secretFile"